Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment. Thomas Carlyle View this quote
Fire is the best of servants, but what a master! Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death. Thomas Carlyle
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains. Thomas Carlyle
God Almighty never created a man half as wise as he looks. Thomas Carlyle
Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights. Thomas Carlyle
Great is wisdom; infinite is the value of wisdom. It cannot be exaggerated; it is the highest achievement of man. Thomas Carlyle
Great men are the commissioned guides of mankind, who rule their fellows because they are wiser. Thomas Carlyle
Great men are the modelers, patterns, and in a wide sense creators, of whatsoever the general mass of men contrived to do and attain. Thomas Carlyle
Great men taken up in any way are profitable company. We cannot look, however imperfectly, upon a great man without gaining something by him. Thomas Carlyle
Great souls are always loyally submissive, reverent to what is over them: only small mean souls are otherwise. Thomas Carlyle
Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
December 4th, 1795 - February 5th, 1881
